Improvement in rein-holder and whip-socket



C. T. ELLSWQRTH.

RENT-HOLDER AND WHIP-SOCKET.

No. 192,495. I Patented June 26; 1877.

INVENTOB ATTORNEYS.

NFETERS, PHOTO-LITMQGRAFHEB. WASHINGTON D C CHARLES T. ELLSWORTH, OF DECATUR, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN RElN-HOLDER AND WHIP-SOCKET.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 192,495, dated June 26, 1877 application filed January 13, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES T. ELLs- WORTH, of Decatur, in the county of Adams and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Combined Rein Holder and Whip-Socket, of which the following is a spec ification Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a transverse-section on line a; a; in Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to apparatus to be attached to the dash-board of vehicles for holding the reins and whip; and it consists of a casting of convenient form for attachment to the side of the dash, upon which is formed a whip-socket of peculiar form, and it is provided with a spring-clamp that is capable of clamping the reins against the back surface of the whip-socket.

In the drawing, A is a metallic plate, that may be of any desirable form or, design, which is provided with holes a. for receiving bolts for attaching it to the dash. Cast with this plate A is the whip-socket B, which consists of a curved semicircular shell, I), having the bottom piece 0, upon which the butt of the whip may rest, and a loop or yoke, d, projecting from its center for holding the handle of the whip. At the back of the whip-socket, and above its point of attachment to the casting A, a rectangular opening, 0, is formed in the said casting for receiving the part D, which is provided with rounded projections e e, which rest in recesses formed in the casting A. A curved finger, f, projects upward from the part D, and follows the curvature of casting A, forming a guide for the reins as they are placed in the holder. E is a spring that is attached to the casting A by means of screws or otherwise, and bears upon the part D, holding it in its place. A rabbet is formed in the casting A at the upper and lower sides of the opening (J, in which the part D rests. The casting A is attached to the dash so that the socket B and a small portion of the part D project beyond. the dash. The whip is placed in the socket B, and is clamped between the curved shell and the yoke d. The reins are clamped by crowding them down between the finger f and the back of the whipsocket, and at thesame time drawing them backward, when the part D turnson its pivots, admitting the reins between it and the whip-socket, where they are securely clamped. When it is desired to release the reins they are drawn backward, and at the same time raised out of the holder.

I am aware that it is not new to hold a loose v jaw to a stationary one by'a spring or a hinged clamp against a whip-socket, in order to clasp the reins but What I claim is-- 1. The plate A, with holes a a, and the curved whip-socket B having central yoke d, all cast in one piece, substantially as set forth.

2. The laterally-1novable skeleton-frame D, with curved finger f, in combination with the plate A and whip-socket B, of one piece of metal, and the flat spring E, all substantially as set forth.

CHARLES THOMAS ELLSWORTH.

Witnesses JESSE NIBLICK, R, A. CURBAN. 

